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<br /> Joint Development Authority <br />TCAAP Redevelopment Project <br />Joint Development Authority <br />TCAAP Redevelopment Project <br />AGENDA ITEM 8a <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: March 17, 2025 <br /> <br />TO: Joint Development Authority Board of Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Ella Mitchell, Ramsey County <br />Rick Carter, LHB <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Consideration of Ryan Companies US, Inc. Outlot A Phase 1 Sustainability Design <br />Guidelines Waiver Request <br /> <br /> <br />This is a summary of the waivers to the Sustainability Design Guidelines that Ryan Companies has <br />requested for the Phase 1 development of Outlot A. For each requirement from the Sustainability <br />Design Guidelines, the “Request” is taken from Ryan Companies’ Outlot A Sustainability Summary. <br />Response and Recommendations are from staff and LHB, the JDA consultant. <br /> <br />1. Sustainability Certification <br />a. Request: This waiver requests to delay the decision for pursuing LEED certification for <br />the proposed project until a later stage. Representative scorecards have been provided <br />for reference of both anticipated points that the proposed design may achieve, as well <br />as a scorecard that shows a path to Silver using the representative features of the <br />Sustainable Design Guidelines that are outside of the scope of the proposed design. The <br />challenge with achieving LEED certification at even a Certified level for this project is <br />two-fold; there are both limitations on available points to pursue based on location at <br />the current time (such as density & transit access, bicycle paths) and the manufacturing <br />typology (such as thermal comfort, daylight, & views). Collectively, more than 15% of <br />the 110 total points are unachievable for this project which means more credits must be <br />achieved in other categories. Further time will allow the project team to work with the <br />County’s sustainability consultant on better understanding the location-based credits’ <br />viability as the greater Rice Creek Commons development proceeds, and to further <br />advance understanding of credits possible from the tenant build-out. At a later stage, <br />the project team will also be able to confirm whether there are funds available to cover <br />the soft costs associated with the pursuit of LEED certification, but at this time it is <br />anticipated that funds are entirely needed to cover the cost of the ground-source heat <br />exchange system and associated equipment premiums. <br /> <br />